I think 16 years might be alittle harsh. He was drinking and driving, but they guy he hit was too and was cocaine, with his kid in the car, when he ran it out of gas and left it in the road.
It's tragic that a child died, and another soon to be child lost his father, but maybe it's a blessing in disguise that a guy who would do cocaine, drink and drive, with one kid in hand and other in the bush, isn't around anymore.